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Those desiring to advertise by the year can do so on the most liberal terms-it being distinetly understood that contracts for yearly advertising are confined to the immediate, legitimate bu iiness of the firm or individual contracting. All communications of a personal character will be charged as advertisements. Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length will be charged for the overplus, at regular zates. Announcing a Candidate (not inserted until paid for,) Five Dollars. For Advertising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate advertising. Letter from the Hon. F. W. Pickens on Popular Sovereignty. The New York Times is permitted to pub lish the following extract of a very interestiug letter from our Representative at the St. Petersburg Court, the Hon. F. W. Pickenc, of South Carolina: You give a gloomy view of affairs among our friends. You speak of the South not being liberal enough. I know not what you refer to, but my own opinion is, that at this juncture in our affairs things ought not to be pushed to an extreme either North or South. The extreme and revolutionary ground taken by a large party North, has necessarily driven the South, or a portion of it, to take extreme ground in defence. Mr. Seward declared that Free and Slave holding States could not exist in one Union-either the Slave States must h.-crne free, or the Free States must become &c. Now all that the Free States can become Slave States, and of we::- e such a declaration by an authorized .ier of the great popular 'party - North, is no., hing more or less than a declaration of e.%;trmination or subjugation, and is a direct wl u pon the Federal Union. Yet the majori to at the North seem to sustain him. I think it an error, and am glad that but few persors South assume that there must be Congression al le;;islation in advance to protect Slavery by law in the new Territories. It is by no means a demand of the South. For legislation in volres discretion and deliberation, and that gives jurisdiction in Congress over the whole rnatter. Anl yet if popular soverignty, in a people ,t a Tr-uory, gives a Territorial legislature the right to declare, before they are a State. in what property shall consist and in what it shall not consist, then " popular sovereignty' gives themu more power than Congress has, for it is the Constitution alone that can de clare that. To declare, this, is the highest exercise of sovereign power, and can emanate alone from the original law of society, made as a compact by a people or peoples, in con vention assembled. There is no such thing as " popular sovereignty," except as expressed tarough forms of law. unless in cases of revo lutio; then it becomes a great national right, inherent in man. " Popula:- sovereignty," in habitual ordinary legislation assuming juris diction over property, is mob law. A territo * rial legislature hats no " popular sovereignty" in any sense. There is no such thing even as the sovereignty of the people of the United 'States ; but there is such a thing as the sov ereignty of the people of the States-as ascer tained and expressed through the States. 'There is no sovereignty in the government of the United States, for it is the creature of the Constitution, which is a compact between real sovereigns. What proves this is, that there is no power to alter or add to that compact, except through three-fourths of the States themselves in separate conventions assembled -and these States can even abolish the Gov - ernment, and make a new Government entire ly. There is sovereign power, and this is the sovereignty of the United States. There is no power in thegovernment of the United States to create even a freehold, and the grant of land in the new States or Terri tories only vests a freehold by the government as the agent and trustee of the conjoined sovereignty of the States by special compact, giving the government power " to make all needful rules and regulations as the public territory, &c." The people of a Territory are in a chrysalis state, and the very term " Ter ritory" shows it, for it is not a btate. A State is not population alone, but it is boundary, land, water, location, eminent domain, organic and fixed law, .fundamental and independent right. All this is the idea of a State. Popu lation legislation against property before the community have made a compact and organic law to give them the attributes of a State is a solicism. That popular sovereigrnty which looks to the people as the originalT source of all power-a great, inherent and inalienable right, to be exercised in the last resort on great occasions to vindicate the liberties and the power of a people when there - has been oppression, or to create and make a new government-is a great right, and lies as the basis of American independence. But popu lar sovereignty, to be exercised in hab~itual and daily legislation by the people assembled, is full of confusion, and impracticable. All mere legislative assemblies are.derivative, and in no point of view have they any popular sovereignty. There is no power in Congress to create a State-that is an emanation of sovereignty and belongs to the people in Convention-and in that Convention making a State, they can give the powers and forms of a State. The only power Congress has is in these words, " New States may be admitted by the Congress int'o the Union," whie-h pre-supposes the State araed, and under the power given from the Sttes in the compact of Union, which allows Conigress to make all " needful rules and rpations" respecting~ the Territory, &c., c.Th y can confer the right on the people -:ihn certain~ b-ndal~ries of their Territories to -sen M.:, on~i U- hie re-g'ations, to form a Se. att ;B:aa a - Repu)Iblicanl form," an do :aviole thet: "nueedfual rules and regJ iationis" wie Congressi has prescribed bai;re-hanhd in the " Territory," then they are bound to admit it, and have no right to look beyond the record making the State. This is all the power they have, and there is nothing ;hort of an original organic law of any State tlat' can say., in1 what property shall consist, orc i what itshall not consist. "Popular ;3overeignty"or " Squatter Sovereignty," for aniy such purpo~e is revolutionary, and as omnes rights ini a state of nature and leads dietyto confusion and conflict. And so, ttoo, does any jurisdiction in Congress to de .re in advance, in what property shall consist or not consist amongst a people of a Territory p~r'vious to their becoming a State. This belongs to the Fedora! Constitution, and is to be 'jwunded by the Federal Judiciary in " all c:s-es in law and equity arising under the Con. stitution," and in the very terms of the Comn p pact itself. It must be a "case" arising between "meum and teum," and on an issue presented in Court. Any other doctrine confers upon legislation what belongs to the Constitution alone, and will lead to confusion, and a dangerous as mnption of legislative discretion and power. Hence the wisdom of Clayton's amendment to the bill for the organization or acquisition of -the territories of Mexico, which left that peci-se power to the jurisdiction of the Feder al Court, and in which Mr. Calhoun himself acquiesced. The Federal Constitution propria vigora covers all Federal territories, and alone defines in what property shall or shall not con sist andsaaaspt by mere nopniationalone to assume jurisdiction while a Territory, is usurpation, and involves a solivism. in con. .4titutional law. What proves that the Con ititutionupspio rigore covers all United States *.rritory of every kind is that clause which defnes treason and how it shall be proved, and .uiits the punishment even. .No act of Con gress can change or enlarge it, or carry out the Constitution more specificallyon that most important of all questions, than the instrument does itself. The Constitution is itself the law, and federal officers can only enforce its pro visions in every particular as long as it is a Territory of the United States. And what is property and what is not property belongs to that instrument, also, as much as the definition and punishment of treason. Both belong to sovereign pow'er, and it is usurpation in any thing below to assume such power. Under the decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case, the South ought to be satisfied ; and if, in a territory, an issue is made as to property in any shape, or if indirect regula tions are made, intended to destroy or take away right in property as recognized by the Federal Constitution, then let the courts under federal jurisdiction decide the issue. Federal officers and Federal Courts must give protection, and if not, then it is revolu tionary and beyond reason or law, and cannot be provided for in advance-for our whole system rests upon the supposition that the Constitution is the supreme law, and after that fails in a proper issue made under it, then arises the question as to expediency of an appeal to arms at present, whatever other " regulations" may be necessary in Congress to be left in abeyance, to be decided by the exigency as it arises. So, too, the loose ideas of "popular sovereignty" ought to be left out of any issue, for, in fact, it has no constitution al or'definite meaning. Our whole system is a system of regulated liberty, well defined by chartered rights, and when we travel beyond that, we get into the regions of theory, and ther' is no human tribunal to decide where the right is. The only great rule of right is the fundamental law of the land. Anything eise one man has as much right to advance and claim as another, and, in fact, is Itself revolutionary. I hope our friends on both sides will see the wisdom and patriotism of healing the bitterness that exists, and the light of truth will clear up all divisions, and bring us together as a band of brothers for the great contest in 1860. It will require con summate statesmanship, and disinterested patriotism to save our party, and with it, to save the Constitution and the Union. I have written you this fully because you brought to my attention our difficulties, and it seemed to justify my answering, particularly as off in this distant land I have been able to consider the questions involved in the bitter partizan contests of the day. Excuse me if I have intruded, and be pleased to answer me as soon as you can, and let me know what you think of the above, for I have seen nothing in any of the descriptions that embraces the ideas I have here attempted to develope to you. I was in Congress and spoke-then a young man, only 26 years old-on the admis sion of Michigan, and entertained the sa ne iews. I differed in vote from Mr. Calhoun, and thought Congress had no right to deny the admission of Michigan, because she had allowed persons not naturalized to vote, be cause I thought then, as I do now, the quali fications of voters, or the right to vote, belongs to State or local authority alone, and is only limited by that clause of the Constitution which prescribes that those shall be allowed to vote, who are allowed in a State. to vote for the most popular branch of the Legislature thereof. The Hon. R. J. Walker has a mind cmi nently qualified to investigate these abstract views of sovereignty, &c., and I feel sure lie would agree with the views expressed above. ie has a high and comprehensive genius, and I recolleet onice we had a full conversation on sovereignty and sovereign power, in which. we exactly agreed. When I wats first a miem ber of our Legislature, in 1833, I wrote a report froni the Committee oii Federal Rela tions on allegiance and sovereignty, in which I took the ground of sovereignty being undi vided, and, consequently, allegiance. k.e.; &c. This was the reason why my attention and reflection were so eagerly turned to these ab stract questions. But enough. I know I am writing to one who comprehends anything. Very respectfully and truly yours, F. WV. PICKEN s. To GRoRGs N. SANCDERS, New York. ARTHUR SILKINS, EDITOR. WVEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1859. fg "MreHELzL" shall appear next week. Religious Notice. The Revr. Mr. WSLLs, a Presbyteiin eler;:yman, ill preach in the Odd. Fellows Hall at this place n Sunday morning next i past 10, o'clock. Mr. W.LLs is a divine of high merit, anid will interest s well as edify all who may go to hear him. We ernestly bespeak for him a full attendanuco. Newv Potatoes. Mn. Joux HAMELTON( presents a sample of his uwv sweet potatoes,--the first of the season. Mr. 1.,will soon, we hope, be able to supply the town. Aiken Items. WVu regret to record several incidents of vio lace, perhaps all of theme fatal, which have just occeurred in our neighboring village of Aiken. On Saturday evening last a difficulty occurred btween GsoRGE PURDUE and WILIS DUR~EAL raa in which both partins fired double-barrelled guns. BURKNLvra's arm was shot off below the elbow and ho was othurwise seriously injured. A t last accounts he was considered in immninent danger. PUnDUE, we understand, esceapod un barmed. During Saturday night one GEOnoE IoILY, at or near the same Village, was beaten severely by somie person or persons unknown, receiving such wtnda and bruises as render his situation also vnry critical. Oin the Sunday following, in the same place, a man named Jaanv Jarreo~v committed suicide by cutting his throat. His age was 24. We have not heard the supposed cause of the deed. Delightful Weather. Seldom has this latitude been blessed with a moi e delightful August than the present. Thrugh out the month, Pahrenheit has not shewn a warmer noth than 80; and for several days thu Mercury fell from five to ten degrees lower. Two morn ings we noted the temperature at 080. The Charleston Mercury. The article of the Charleston J/~cre,,rg, upon the " Edgefteld Advertiaer, AIsraclionsa, &c.," has beer seen ande read by us. As it would seem to be but an introductory chapter to a regular argument, we reserve our reply until we see more of the matter. Agricultural Address. The address of Mr. JeAMs hl'scoMBE before tbe Newberry Agricultural Society, is one or the beat productions of the kind we have read. Sound and pracical throughout, it was just the thing for the occasion. We understand that a distiguished gentlenman who heard it, said it was the biest pure ly agricultural address he had' ever listened to. We hope to be able to lay it brforo our-readers. Thiczo of our readers who funey the poetical, will join with us in welcoming otar new contributor, " Kerr. 11. T." to our column~s. 11cr verses in this numbe.r have~the true poetic inspiration. Glad to hear It. Pretty little aprons are coming into fashion again. A lady writer in one of our exchanges an nounces the revival of an old fashion-that of waring aprons. The styles, as worn at present, are smaill, and tasteful, made of single colored silk and ornamented with pockets, and trimming of black velvet, or rows of narrow lace. We give it Up. The Patriot - Jfounaineer acknowledges the reception of a Peach from Dr. R. W. Joxas "meas uring 111 inches in diameter." What a monster! We presume it maust have been of the Maatodon Education,--Our Schools,.-The True Policy. Last week we referred our readers to the educa tional system now being developed in the City of Charleston, and published the excellent letter of R. B. BoYLsvoN. Esq., recommending the people of the interior to avail themselves of the advan tages there afforded. This week we beg to ofer a thought or two on the subject of our own Schools. It would be wrong and poor.spirited in the Districts of the upper country of South Carolina, to look to Charleston or to Columbia, or elsewhere, for help in the cause of education and do ntothing at home. Avail nurselves as we may of the im proved facilities of the cities, we have yet a work of our own to do, in our own communities and in our own neighborhoods. Educationmay have her greater temples scattered at long distances over the land; but unless she bas her chapels and oratories convenient to every hamlet and cottage, her exalted ends are not yet attained. Her scope is the universal enlightenment of the people, and her fires must blaze from bill to hill that all may see and feel their benign influences. The Free School System of South Carolina is not of a kind to effect this de, .ble resalt. It may be an agen In the w--* .nd will, it is to be hoped, become a Le. .& more efficient one than now. But it is to the village and neighborhood schools of the upper country, that we have at pre sent to look for help in the cause of intellectual progress. These are now becoming yearly more numerous and better appointod. There is scarcely a District which cannot point to its male and female seminaries at or near its District town, be sides other academies of merit in is different sections. The spirit of educational improvoment is up,-the schoolmaster is amongst us,-and, if the general zeal shall be tempered with knowledge, there is a likelihood that our free institutions will work out the great problem in hand without the aid of legislative counsel or assistance further than it is now extended. Among the rest we rejoice to say that Edgefield Is occupying the ground of duty in this Important business with promptitude and spirit. In many. neighborhoods the moans are now cheaply afforded of acquiring a knowledge of English adapted to the rising requirements of the age; and it several localities, we are proud to learn that success is crowning the efforts of our worthy people towards elevating the standard of learning to a much higher grade of excellence. We are however unable to speak on this point from personal knowledge, ex cept as to the schools of this village; and these we have no hesitation in commending to the general regard as being eminently calculated for good and the higher advancement of our children In the walks of literature and science. The Male Acade my at this place is now equal, as to teacher;, posi tion, de., to any in the State. Thore is not a doubt in our mihd when we express this convic tion. Nor are we less confident in according to our Pemale Institute a rank alongside of the most advanced institutions of the kind in South Caroli na. It affords us pleasure also to testify to the con tinued efficiency of a School for Little Children which has for several years been a favorite with our citizons. Our advice to the people of this place and its immediate vicinity is, that they keep up these schools at every hazard, that they push them on to a still larger success, and that they (each and every one for himself and not through another) exert themselves at once and energetically to effect this end. Remember the situation of your pleas ant town,-secluded, almost isolated,-with n.3 present prospect of increase before it from any new sources of wealth or enterprizo,-but rather, from the superior competition of rising rivals, lia ble to declension and decay unless those who are identified with its prosperity usll bestir them selvese in time. You cannot prevent tihis result by looking for the 'good tiume coming' and prognosti eating its approach in connection with sonmc nuani feat destiny railroad that may come along some day. You cannot prevent it by asserting that the convenience of our village to a large and wealthy District will always keep it fully upr to its present grade of prosperity and improvement ; for in these days not to advance is to recede, and you are gradually losing this fancied importance to the District at large by other convaniences of trade that outstrip yan,. N., you must, be "up and dloing" in inch departments of exertion as yet lie open to you and within your grasp, or your village will lag behind, your interests will remain stagnant, your real estate will depreciate, and a hundred yeari hence may find lbut a sene of dilapidation and poverty where once stood the moat prominent and influential village of the State. There are means, we respectfully urge, of preventing all this, which may be concentrated in a single motto. It is this: Xake your town at tractive. And of all the appliances to exemplify this mutto, none have so high a position asi pros perous, successful, aye, brilliant educational fa cilities. Verbrun sap. You have the institutions now in your midst upon which you can at once, if you will, erect these appliances. Put the ma chinery in active operation. Let every une exert himself to mnke it work well. Resolve that in this department of progress at least, your village shall ho a hive of industry. Let the wish and endeavor of every one be, to crowd the schools to overfiowing,-to increase their number, if need be,-to impiart to them such excellence as shall cause hundreds of youths of both sexes to flock to your classic bowers. In bringing thuis about, the humblest man has his inauncec,-the most re tiring lady her privilege of spoe. Let it be dune. It is your duty as ' well as your interest that it be so. The sessions of your several echools will recommenee in a few weeks. Let every citi zen have all the children under his controll ready for entrance et the outset. Let every one who can, speak a word for the general good. Kindle your energies at once. Commene this work now. Let the next ternm of your schools be a flourishing oe. Recoumnendl theta ns they deserve to be re conumendud to your friends throughout the Dis trict,-througho'ut the Stnte. Tell them that here you have a sequestered soiciety,-moral, enlight ened, cultivated,-that you have Churches and preachers of the soundest orthodoxy,-that you have as healthful a spot as can he found from the seaboard to the mountains,-that you have ample and excellent accomodations for hundreds of pu pils,-nd that each one or you holds himself pledged to promote all these advantages so far as be can by reasonable exertiobs and soranlces. You will thus make Edgefield a popular pass-word in the ranks of the educational forces of South Carolina. You will thus not only discharge your part in this great cause, but you will also hand down to your children smiling homesteads and a cheering prospect of their continuing to " blossom as the roswe." We repeat, that you will thus lay hold on one of~ the most prominent moans of ful filling the mott o of advice before given, and which we here reiterate :-a" JIuke your Iowca attractire ." The Southern Giuardian. This parer contains an article upon our reply of last week. Thkere are no paragraphs to notice in it and we therefore gladly dispense with the discussion. We will answer the &"nuedian'a ques tion however, as in courtesy bound. We regard the " requirement" of the C'ua~rdinm and its fol lowers "unnecessary," because of the all-sufficient soundness of the Democratic Platform as it now stands.. We are glad to fled the Ganurdian coming to our position, as per this sentence: "AKor did iee positively assert that it will bie as ,rtil to elect a Black Rlepuablican n' Douglas." This comes pretty near saying all that we have said, viz : that it will he better to elect DortLas than see thi Republi cans go into power. Institute Fair, Please refer to the notice of the Institute Fair, to be held in Charleston during the mouth of No vember as usual. As the object of the Institute is " the development of the industry of the South," it surely merits and should receive a large share of public favor and patronage. It will be a de lightful time to visit Charleston, and-we advise all who wish to enjoy the sea-board air and sea-board fare in perfection to take advantage of this pleas ant week. pm Alexander Dimitry is appointed Minister to Costa Rics, and was to have sailed from New Complimentary. Wr. take pleasure in transferring to our col umus, from the Due West Telescopc and the -Ab beville Indepeadent Prcos, the subjoined compli mpntary notices of our immediate follow-citizen, Gon. W. C. MOnAGNE. The occasion referred to. was the late Commencement in.Erskino College. " In the afternoon was delivered the Anniver sary Address by Gen. W. C. MORAoNX, of Edge field. And it may be sufficient to say thit it met the highest expectations of all present. It had several excellencies. It was elegantly writ ten, was full of thought, and showed throughout the nuarks of a highly cultivated intellect. We have rarely listened to so fine a specimen of " pure Engliih undefiled." The subject of the Address was about this : "A large and liberal education necessary to Professional success and'general use fulness." We hope the author will furnish a copy of the Address for publication. Its dissemination would do good."-.Duc West Telescope. "The Annual Address before the Literary So cieties was delivered by Gen. W. C. MonAoNz, of Edgefield. His subject was. The Influence of a Liberal Education in Promoting Professional Suc cess and Securing Individual Happiness-and the a-ldress was an earnest and eloquent appeal in behalf of a higher order of literary culture. We had heard Gen. MoRAaN on similar occasions be fore and expected no ordinary effort, and in this we were not disappointed. The address exhibited throughout the fruits of an enlargod and liberal scholarship, and presented the many sided as poets of the subject with great fullness of learn ing and illustration. The speaker had illustrated in his own practice the doctrines he was adoca ting and pressed their application with all the on. thuslasm of the scholar dilatug upon congenial themes. The adess wo-, quite an elaborate pro duction, thoughti-i and suggestive, and has been the theme of general commendation. Its publi cation will add to the reputation of the author as an able thinker and polished writer."-Indepen dent Press. The Slave Trade. The Indications are plain enough that the slave trade agitators have mistaken their game in sup posing that the South is ready for the re-opening of that trade. In Texas, the mere fact of his op opposition to it has again placed SAx HousToN in power,-a man who was thought to "stink in the nostrils" of 'his people. In Louisiana, we are as sured, a similar test would show a like result. Where else then shall we find a State that will not repudiate and condemn the proposed measure ? Mr. SPnATT, or any other advocate however strong, who struggles against the voice of the age in this matter, will strggle alife-time away in vain. The edict of public sentiment will go forth from every Southern State as it has from Texas. Charleston. We are pleasod to observe ip the Courier of a late date the following in reference to the health of Charleston: " The readers of the Courier will rejoice in the showing made by the City Itegistrar for the past week. It will be seen by the report of this physi cian that only one white person has died in that space of time. We call attention * to this gratify. ing proof of the health of our city not in the spirit of boasting, but with emotions of gratitude most devoutly acknowledging the goodness of a watehful Providence. We find by referring to the bill of mortality that eleven whites died during the week in August, 1857, and that in the same period of the 'same month of the following year, when the yeUow fever was prevailing as an epidemic, twenty-three white persons are reported to have died. With these facts staring them in the face, how can our enemies still continue to circulate their vile reports concerning our city. This joyous in telligence must sweep away their foundation of lies." And the Mercury speaks thus choeringly of the prospects of the fall trade of our commercial em porium: Tu CoxiNo TRAnE.-In the absence of an epi demic and the continued good health of the city, our merchauts sen evidence of a good fall trade, and are enlarging and otherwise improving their st'ores. At the same time, every vessel from Bal timore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, brings large freights ot goods which fill the stores, both new and old. In a few days our merchants-will be ready for the trade. The Edgetield merchants should by all means gire old Charleston a trial before going further North. Personal. The Columbia Gugardian gives currency to the following brief paragraph having relation to Sen ator DoroL.As: SyrrusN A. DovoLArs.-" The editor of thefp-~ vannah Republican. writinea r~- N-"--ree visit, says :-" I met tu day, at the Revere Honse, a personal acquaintance and friend of Judge Doug las; they live in the same town, and ho tells me that Douglas is bound to lhe before the Charleston Convention, and will satisfy everybody of his soundness as a Democrat. He says that in Illi nois Douglas is very much loved and respected, and that if he wcre to visit the South he would sweep everything before him." The South and The Union. As going to show that the people of the South are not at this time thinking of disunion, we quote a few emphatic sentences from the Montgomery Atdsertiser & Goaette, a leading exponent of the ultra Southern sentiment in Alabama. " We believe that-this government was institu todl for great and good purposes, by men whose hearts were filled with a love of their race, and whose actions were prompted by a lofty spirit of patriotismt. We believe that, if rightly adnminis tered. and as its founders intended it should be, it is the noblest governtnent ever devised by the wit o f man. T he desire for. its disolutiona is n~ot by no niceans general. It possessea, in a great degree, the lore unad admiration, of th~e people of the South." do we have thought, and have therefore denied the policy of any present disunion scheme, such as the election of a Black Republican to the Presi dency. A Truth. One of the Editors of the Atlanta Intelligenecer, having paid Augusta a visit lately, comments in this style: " Augusta appears to he doing well in thme way of business and improvements. In regard to manune~atures, she is doubtlessly going ahead. Several new buildlngs have been recently erected for the purpose of making flour, and this impor tant interest seems to be receiving due attention by ocr sister city, on the hu'rders of our Stato. Augusta is a city highly creditable to Georgia, so far as her merchants, her mechmanics, her mianufac turers, aud her netenpvupers, are concerned." Yes, energetic, enterprising, hospitabile Augusta is "highly editable' to tGeorgia," and would he to any other great and noble State. Long may she flourish!i Daily Mail to Columbia The citizens of Lexington are petitioniag the Post Otlice Department for a daily mail from that place to Columbia, and in which petiti.on they urge the claims of Edgefleld for similar facilities. We joian in with them, heart and hand, and so will every reasonable man within our borders, and earnestly hope that the Department will give this daily mail proposition the most favorable conside ration, to which, we think, it is fully enti-tled. From this paper addressed to the Hon. J. Horv, Post Master Genernl, we extract and endorse the following passages: " It is our opinion, properly biased, we think andl we wish your Honor to note it-that the pres ent " one horse'" arrangement will prove more and more inadequate to the task of carrying the mails in the future, particularly during thme sessions of Congress, when the mail bags are!literally crammed with " Public Documents," to supply the many individuals who are furnished through, and by the ive routes diverging here. It. is a well known fact to many of our citIzens, that, frequently, du ring the sessions of Congress, the hacks lately running *on this line were hav~ily ludens by the imil matter alone; andl when it is runmembered that the nmail was carried unly tri-weekly, together with the, number of offices supplied on the cross routes, it is not a matter of surprise that such has been the case. What has been, in this relation, will, under similar circumstances occur again; and if, in traveling this route more than a dozen times the carrier has failed in every inustanice, to reach this, the first Post Officc on his line westwardl, in due time-which the Post Master of this place states to ho true-we think it not only highly pro. bable, but almost positively certain, that he will fail entirely, without other means of conveyance. when the additional matter of each Congressional Session shall have been added. "While pleading for Lexington specially and particularly, we also urge the claims of our sister Edgefield, knowing from the tone of her press, and the character of her peopule, that there is great dis satisfaction there with the present arrangement. Edlgeflcld and Lexington needl such facilities as they once together enjoyed. They have no inm mediate rail road advantages, and yet, as capitols of their respective districts, they are expected to keep pace with their sisters. The route between the two, known as the " Ridge," is lined with well cultivated plantations, and graced by splendid mansions, affording scenes of attraction, unequaled perhaps by any similar locality In the middle sec tion of the State. When a town is reached lby a railroad, we think its citizens are entitled to their ma.l. ailyn th same. It being the moat exnei-. tious and altogether the best mode of conveyance; and in such case, should a proposition reach your Honor, effering to carry the said mails tri-weekly, by a one-horse sulky, for even one fourth of the amount demanded by the railroad company, we feel fully satisfied that your Honor would not for a moment entertain it favorably-tho question not admitting of a consideration merely of dollars and cent. If the premises here advanced be true, we think we are entitled to the respect and courtesy paid the citizens of towns so situated-to say nothing of justiceo and equity, which the case, viewed otherwise, might demand." The petition, in summing up the many incon veniences to which the present posta arrangements have subjeefed the petitioners, closes thus: " If the evil had stopped here we might have borne it in silence; but since in lieu of those hacks, by a recent contract, a line of one-horse sulkies has been substituted, which afford no facilities whatever for travel, and, to all appear aice, scarcely any for carrying the mails, we come, as with the voice of one man, to ask of your Honor a more liberal appropriation, that we may have a means of communication above reproach, and fully competent to answer the end for which it is designed." Miscellaneous Items. gg' The newest thing in Paris, just now, is said to be a "now love of a bonnet," made of fine black hair, embroidered with butter-cups in silken straw. The ribbon used for the trimming has a black groun., an-l the dowers at the side are en tirely black, with jet cetors. The effect of this combination is considered as very original, and it has the advantage of defying dust. _,r- As the national census will be taken next year, it is suggested that the farmers of the coun try keep an accurate record of the amount and value of their crops for the present year, so that when they are called upon, they may be able to make a reliable report. Wg It is computed that from seven to ten thou sand Americans visit Europe annually and expend there as much as ton millions of dollars. gW The Indianapolis Journal says that "dog fennel," the most abundant production of their streets and commons, is Eelling at $1 a ton to a German association of tanners in Iowa, who use it for tanning purposes. W- Many a. woman who knows how to dress herself, knows very little about dressing a dinner. pi& Scandal, like the Nile, is fed by innumera ble streams ; but it's extremely difficult to trace it to its source. p" The sweetest and most generoys natures are the ones in the greatest danger of becoming soured through the ingratitude of tho world. pgB Married last week, John Cobb to Miss Kate Webb. Their house will undoubtedly be full of cobebs. - fif- At the present time we learn, says the Now York Evening Post, that Adams' Express employs three thousand seven hundred and eigh ty-two men; that it has nine hundred and seven ty-two agencies; and that its messengers travel daily forty thousand one hundred and fifty-two miles on railroads and steamers-a distance equal to once round the globe and two-thirds around it a second time. IW' Tho Greenville (S. C.) Patriot & Moua tainer, of August 9th, says that the honorary de gree of D. D. was 'conferred upon Revs. R. Fur man, J. E. Ryerson and J. J. Brantly, by the Fur man University at its late commencement. I& The Petersburg (Va.,) Press, of the 12th inst., tells the following extraordinary tale of a hen : " We are informedby a gentleman cognizant of its troth, that a hen owned by a Prince George county farmer, living on the Appomottox,. seven miles from Petersburg, did, last week, perform the remarkable feat of laying five eggs in one' day. She had been drooping for several days he fore the achievement." Anybody doubting the above, can get us for a small amount. Our "Devil" says he doubts nothing now-a-days-hut is wil ling to go his " pile" that that hen "can't do it again." J~ir The Orangeburg Southron has been request ed to state that a meeting of the citizens of Orangeburg District will be held in the Court House on the first Monday in September, to give public exprassion to their sentiments in regard to the Blue Ridge Railroad enterprise. hogs in Kentucky to be 815,538. An increase of 17,241 head over the number last year. p.- The Richmond Morning News has hoisted the flag of John Minor Butts, of Virginia, for the Presidency, in 1860. p&-Y The Atlanta .A mericoan says that the Hion. Edward Everett, has been invited to attend the State Fair, in that city in October, and that hopes arc entertained that he will accept the invitation. pr~Y The Carleston Courier, of August 19th, says; W. B. Smith, Esq., was on Thursday unani mously eloected President of the Union Bank, in place of Henry Ravenel, Esq., deceased. g* An exchange says: The first time the American flag has been shown to the outward world in the Russian capital, was last Fourth of July, when the United States Consul gave a hand some "spread" for the Americans in the city. pD' The Sarannah Necs says: " A correspon dent, writing from Palatke, informs us that the first bale of new cotton was received at that place on the 10th inst. It was from the plantation of J. Wi. F. Echlenberger, near Ocala." n"' It has been ascertained that the Demo ratic majority in the Kentucky State Senate will ba ten, and in the House eighteen ; on joint bal lot, twenty-eight. 3g A duel between 0. J. lWise, of the Rich mond Enuquirer, and Old,, of Richmond E,asminer, took place on the 20th near Washington City. Two shots were tired-neither of the parties being in jured. Their friends are endeavoring to effet an adjustment of the difficulty. For the Advertiser. Mnt. Envmoa:-To borrow a couplet from Dr. Jonathan Swift's "hRapsody On Poetry," to wit, " As learned commentators view In Homer more than Homer knew " the "critic's eye" of your Zoilus accidentally "rolled," albeit, not "in a fine phrensy " upon the following passage in the Editorial Correspondence of the latest issue of the Courant, which to our view justifies the language, ut supra, of the surly and eacochymie old Dean of St. Patrick's. The "Editor-in-Chief," writing from Gotham, waxing poetic, says : "The star-light on Wednesday night was the most bewitchingly glorious sight we ever sawr. The 'multitudinous 1augh1 of the ocean-billows,' as DeQuincy translates Ho~mer's anerithiuon grlama the rich ultra-marine of the waves," etc., etc. Now this is what quaint-old Jo. Glanville would term "delightful irettiness." Bunt we deem it quito problematical whether the identical expres sion " multitudinous laugh of the oconn-billows,". or rather its Giroek equivalent is to be found any where in the Epic pages of Dan Homer ; or, if it be so, whether the Metropolitan Correspondlent of the Conurant has not in this particular instance, anyhow, evinced that he possesses what Lord By ron calls -"just suffieient leurrring to misquote." Be this as it may, (and it is a question for abler Hfellenists than we profess to be to decide,) one thing is certain, our Opium Eater does not trans late IIo,,er- at all. He doca translate, however, what he ob'ligingly informs his readers is a " well known passage in the Prometheus "-(of aseby Is) "-- pontion te kumaton Anerithmon gelasma." DeQuincy renders it-"O0 Multitudinous laughter of the ocean billows !" lie borrows the figure in aepasage of remarkable beauty in his 4"Suapiria D P'rofunmdia," andl quotes the Greek words in a marginal acknowledgement. -We make no apol ogy for transcribing a portion of the passage to which the annotation is annexed. " The image, the memorial, the record, which for me is derived from a palinmpsest, as to one great fact in our human being, and which imme diately I will show you, is but too repellent of laughter, or, even if laughter had been possible, it would have been such laughter as oftentinmes is thrown off fro'm the fields of ecean, laughter that hides, or that seems to evade mestering tumult; foam-bells that weave garlands of phosphoric ra diance for one moment round the eddies of gleam for the eye raiso phantomo of gayety, as often. times for the ear they raise the echoes of fugitive laughter, mixing with the ravings and choir-voi ces of an angry sea." p. p. 232-3. After all, Mr. Editor, this may amount to no more than "a tempest in a teapot." ZACHOS. From the Palladium. To Kate B. T. BY JENNY WOODBINE. Kate, thou hast a smiling lip, And a roguish, laughing cye, Yet a shade On thy forehead I have seen, Sometimes darkly stealing by. Yes, I oft have watched it stealing, With a mournfulness of feeling. Tell me, bright Kate, is it true, That thou bast loved and suffered too ? Thou hast watched the beaming moon Sailing lonely o'er the sky; Marked her brightness half obscured, As some light cloud fitted by; Scarcely seen, This dark shade, mo soon it passed From the up-turned moon; Lingering but a moment there, Leaving her as bright, as fair; Yet thy heart has breathed a sigh, Because that shadow glided by. Thus I've felt with thee, my friend, As I watched with secret pain Thy bright face, Beaming with the light of joy, Fall back into shade again. Wondered too, if from past sorrow, Thou that transienteloud did'st borrow; If arose some buried pain, Ghost-like from its tomb again. Memory of my own dark past, Brought, perchance,such thoughts to me, Memory of my vanished days, Dreary twilights, Restless midnights, Such I trust thou ne'er mayst see. When beside the loved one's couch I have watched with fevered pain, Fearing, weeping, lest for her Morning no'er might rise again There my lips Arst learned to sing That life's a weary, joyless thing. Other griefs my heart bath known, -Many a bright-hued fantasy Drifted out in shoreless sea, Never, never, to return! Many a hope Perished on my lonely way; Many a faded bud of joy, bitter made life's little day Has thy lot such sombre hue ? Hast thou loved and suffered too? Was it not some secret grief Of thine that drew my heart to thee ? Would I love thee so, if thou Wart happy as thou seem'st to be ? Nay, bright Kate ! Lightly love the gay and glad Love to-day, forget to-morrow Not thy smile has won my heart It was knit to thine by sorrow. For the Advertiser. Reply. "Tell me, bright Kate, Is it true That thou bast loved and suffered too?" Jusns Woonmasn. From a dream of bliss, all shattered, Still my spirit sadly turns, And a wild and bitter anguish In my stricken bosom burns. I had made an earthly Idol; As the light of life, to me, Was the love which strengthened daily To a deep idolatry I Oh I drank a thrilling rapture From those deep, bewildering eyes, Till my bliss in life seemed perfect, And the world a Paradise. But frost bath crept into my Eden And blighted all its trust! Oh, the Idol that I worshipped Is but iron-clay-a nmocking dust ! Oh, the dark'ning desolation That upon my life glooms down, Shading my bliss-dream forever None can know hut God alone. As my heart, roused from its torpor, Looks the lonely desert o'er, Then Ifeel that life is joyless I'can trur-" 0 nevermore !" -r em be se, 511er sava,, a.emr - - Than this wild and weary 'strife, Yet, though smitten, lone, embittered, Pride still nerves the thread of life, And one joy, " a thing of beauty" In my restless spirit plays: 'Tie that my "droams"-by th' Elysian streams Shall run in sympathy's warm rays. In the deep and solemn midnight, When the soft and starry eyes Of the angels beam in pity From the blue unbounded skies, When the pale moon's silver glory Through the silence dimly gleams, And all earth is bushed and holy Dost thon come to me-in dreams ! But I waken--and the vision 'With its glorious light is gone, And my joy dies into darkness, And unloved, I linger on ! Oh I'm wretched, I am weary, I am lonely and unblest, And I long to meet the Truthful "Where the weary are at rest !" KAvz B. T. Jess'amine Hill, S. C., Aug. 17th 1859. Four days L ater from Europe. PARTH~an POINT, August 20.-The stcaml ship Hungarian, Capt. T. Jones, has arrived, bringing Liverpool dates to Wednesday, Au gust 10. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKE.-The saltS cof cotton for three days were 20,000 bales. The market was steady. Middling Orleans was quoted at 7 3-16d., and Middling Uplands at 6 7-8d. LIVERPOOL GENE.RAL MARKETS.-Bre'ad stuffs were very dull, and quotations barely maintained. Proviisions dull. The general news by the Hungarian is in teresting, but nothing strikingly important. The Peace Congress met at Zurich on the 8th; but nothing had transpired of their proceedings thus far. Sardinia is represented. The Parliament is still debating the Italian question. The Ambassadors to the Conference were warmly welcomed. The completion of the Great Eastern steam sphip was formally celebrated on the 8th inst. The banquet on the occasion was largely at tended, and by several distinguished men. -The Grand Duke Constantine had arrived 'at Spithead, in a ship of war. .The provisions of Hon. Sydney Herbert's new bill, organizing a military reserve force, a9 been published in the London papers. The subscriptions to the stock of the new Cable Company were progressing favorably. A long list of subscriptions had been obtained, including the names of Baring Brothers & Co., Geo. Peabody, F. Hluth &c Co., Samuel Gurney, N. Rtothschidla & Co., and others. PRESIDENTtAL MovE.MNTS.--" The Tri bune's Washington correspondent says quiet movements are making to bring Postmaster General Holt forwvard as a -sompromise can didate at Charleston." This is right. We pominated Postmaster General Holt for the Presidency a long time ago. If the South shall insist upon their un doubted right to the nomination, they cannot present a candidate mnore unexceptionable and popular. Mr. Hlolt is an able and bril liant man, a man of honor and integrity, able, industrious, and sound in the doctrines of Democracy.-Concord (N. H.) Standard. The Guardian asks the papers of the State to say what course they will pursue should. Douglas get the nomination at Charleston next year. As we said 'ast week, the circumstan ces of 1848, shouldadmionish editors to be cir cumspect in denunciation. We have no idea that any change en~ make Douglas accepta ble to us; but there seems to be an effort on the part of ultras ti break down the Charles ton Convention, orto aid the nomination of an unacceptable caulidate, so that the Black R~eprblicansU can iwlk their man into the White House-and ;hen force on the issue of disunion. We havr not the slightest objec tion to a separate oganizatiok for the South if the necessity is fceed upon us-but let it be u..naale, and hen we will stand jnsti led before the world. Government is no play 'hing, and treating it as such perils all man Wolds-dear. For principle we may encounter ill dangers, as government is subordinate to it; but for nothing less than that. And those who would anew fan a crusade of secession, in advance of imperious necessity, would do well to heed the ordinance of the State Con rention, and test whether they are not getting into higher-law-ism.-Spartanburg Spartan. Items from Newberry Rising Sun: We have had refreshing rains in this sec tion during the past week. Old corn cannot be benefitted by it; late corn will be mate rially beneflitted. The cotton crop looks rair. Upon the whole, we hope these latter rains will prove a blessing. We regret to learn the death of hr. Paul Johniton, son of Chancellor Johnston, who died at his plantation on blonday afternoon, of Hemorrhage of the Lungs. Mr. Johnston was beloved and esteemed by all who knew him, and his ripe scholarship gave promise of a life of much usefulness. I 0 ' SENATOR HAmmoxD D A BLAcK REPUB LIUCAN PaESIDENT.-The Charleston Mercury, in a reply to a Georgia paper, gives the fol lowing explanation of Senator Hammond's position in refereice to a Black Republican President: " Senator Hammon's' expression that "he did not think on the issue of the election of an Abolitionist, the great body of the South would go gut of the Union ; but if this were followed by a second election of the same kind, he thought they would," has given great est offence to the resistance partyof the South. As explained to us by the Senator himself, it was an opinion-a prophecy, and not a piece of counsel. From what he has seen of them he distrusted the determination and conduct of the self-seeking politicians and aspirants at Washington, who control the people and des tinies of the South. These men, he thought, would discourage and repress disunion, until their chances for high office in the Unioi were hopelessly cut off by a repetition of Democratic defeat in '64. The speech was made as a free expression of opinion before neighbors, and not intended for general pro. mulgation. None more than ourselves re gretted its tendency to discourage and lower the tone of the resistance party of the South. But we had reason to believe the opinion to be neither the desire nor advice of Senator Hammond." DEATH OF JouN HILL.-Yesterday after. noon our community was shocked by the an nouncement of the death of John Hill-the Treasurer of the city. Mr. Hill died suddenly about four o'clock, yesterday afternoon, at the warehouse of Messrs Walker & Sons on McIntosh street. We learn that he complain. ed of being unwell yesterday morning, and had a very slight hemorrhage from his lungs - but was i'n his office during the day, attend. ing to his duties as usual, until a few moments before his death. He left it in the afternoon, a few moments before four o'clock, remark. ing to some one with whom he had just trans acted some business, that he would return soon; and went into the warehouse, which was a few doors off. -As he passed the office just inside of the entrance to the warehouse, he was seized with a violent attack of coughing, accompanied with a copious hemorrage from his lunws, which attracted the attention of Dr. J. B. Walker, who ran to him as 'he fell.. He died in a few moments after Dr. Walker reached him. Theverdictof tbesummoned Jury bythe Cor oner was, that the case of his death was " a copious effusion of blood in the air tubes and cells of the lungs." Mr. Hill was a native, we believe of South Carolina, but had been for many years a resi dent of ths city, and since January, 1844, its Treasurer. He was a brother of the Hon. Ed. wardl Young Hill, of Troup, and the Hon. ooshiua Hili of Morgan and leaves many rela tives and friends to mourn his loss. In this comunity he has always been regarded .as an exceedine'ly amiable and worthy man. He was, we Yearn, sixty-six years old.-Au gusta Constitutionalistq 21st inst. WAIulNoTOX MoNUMENT.-For the purpose of giving a new impetus to the work on that nole enterprise-the National Washington Monument-our councils have voted $2000, first af September. The Mayor has approved the bill. A handsome silver plate bearnng the incription, " Contributions to the National Washington Monument Association," has just been finished by Mr. Phipps, engraver, 11th street, to be placed on the contrbution-box at the City Post Ofice-States. Tux ATrLAnC TsI.:IonRAn1C CinI.E.-The cause of the failure of this cable has at length been discovered. IL has ascertained that the gutta percha used to insulate the interior wires, is only calculated to bear a heat atf 90 degrees. When the first cable was made, it was coiled in a yard having a southern ex posure, and subjected for several days to _an extraordinary heat, the thermometer ranging at 94 degrees in the shade-the heat on the cable, from the sun's rays, being at least 130 degrees. The consequence was that the gutta percha was softened, anid the internal copper wires worked through and came in contact with the external iron wire, and when the water penetrated to the internal c->re communi ations ceased. SAD AceEaNrs.-We l earn that Mr. Eli jahi Turner, near Grassy Pond, was killed on Fri day last, by being thrown from his horse while returning from ehurch. Ie was eighty-six years of age, a man of considerable weath, and much respected. Mrs. Ellis, his daughter. was in company with hinm. Her mule took fright and scaredl her father's horse. Mrs. Ellis' thigh was bro ke.-Spartan. BAPTIsT STATISTICS oF 1858.-The "grand total of regular Baptists in North America," shows that there are in the United States five hundred and ninety Associations, twelve thou sand one hundred and sixty-three churches, seven thousand five hundred and thirty-five licentiates, nine hundred and ninety-two thousand eight hundred aind flfty-one coin mnicants, and that the number baptised in 1858 was ninety-eight thousand five hundred and eight, nearly one hundred thousand hap tiss, andi a little less thman a million of mem bers ! The largest number of Baptists re ported from any State is Virginia-one hun dred and fifteen thousand one hundrod and forty-six. The largest number baptised in any one State is New York-ten thousand eight hundred and two, and the next largest Georgia-seven thousand nine hundred and forty-four. The Baptisf Almanac gives the names of thirty-three colleges, fourteen the ological seminaries, twenty-nine weekly newi papers, sixteen monthlies, and two quarter lies, that depend on Baptists for their sup port. The names are also given of sixty-four new church edifices erected in 185g, of two hundred and thirty-eight new churches con stituted, of sixty five ministers deceas~ed, and threehundred and four ministers ordained a number six or seven times larger than the whole number graduated in the sanme year, 1858, from all our theological institutions. Examiner. DEATH FROSI THE BITE OF A RATTI.ESNAKE.1 It appears by the following dispatch thatJ whisky is not an antidote for the poison of rattle snake bites: ~Sribling's Springs, Augusta county, Va., Aug. 8th, 1859.-Win. A. Perrin, of Staun ton, Va., was bit at this place by a rattle snake, which he was handling as a pet, on Saturday, at three o'clock, and died on Sun day (yesterday) about half-past one o'clock. He suffered intense pain and extreme nausea, until death relieved him. There were some live or six physicians present. They treated the case with ammonia and whisky, that1 seemed to have very little effect. The un ortunate man was under the impression that the snake would not strike unless it was in coil, and that if it did strike whisky was a perfect antidote; both of which opinions were erroncous, though I think that is the eneral opinion. I am satisfied that the idea af whisky counteracting the effect of the poison is a mistake, and this instance should prove a warning to persons hereafter not to rely on this remedy. This man was bitten our yeaNs ago by a copper-head, and was re lieved then by drinking a large quantity of: whisky. It was a singular fancy for any man For the Advertiser. - Music. BY L enIQUITO. My heart id filled with love of song, Sweet music's strains can soothe all sorrow; The wild birds notes, which all day long Ring forth in joy, I fain would borrow. -For what excel; the voice by nature given! And song can bear the soul from earth to Heaven. In the grey twilight, gentle notes and low Should steal upon us, as the daylight fader, The songs remembered'well, of long ago; And in the mid-night, touching serenades. Iler be singing than be erer aighiny ! And lice on bravely, than be alway dying. If sadness forces on us shades sedate, Let music flow, and quick 'twill pass away; Nor think that e'er for music's power 'tis late, It suits each action of the passing day... True, it is written oft in varying measure, liut still, thou'lt find in it a wondrous treasure. August, 1859. . 0. Health, Diet, &c., We commend the following sound and wholesome advice of the Mobile Tribune, to our readers: "In warm weather, ross food is not esen tial and often proves highly injurious to those who use it. We do not wish to be understood by this what we advocate abstinence from fish, flesh and fowl. On the contrary, we think that a moderate supply of good beef ta ken once a day, is very beneficial; but we look upon fat pork, gravies and wholesale quan tities of butter as fit to be used only in cold weather as fuel for the body. When taken in hot weather they clog the system and pre pare it for the entrance of such diseases as are of a bilious character. We might dwell upon many other agencies and rules which are calculated to promote health-such as pure air, moderate physical exercise, sufficient sleep and regularity of habits-but the effects of proper attention to them are so well understood that a mere allu sion to them is sufficient. There is one thing, however, which is of more importance than people are generally aware, and that ise ontent. mentand cheerfulness: See the man-with a smi ling eye and face full of sunshine-with no im patience, fretfulness, longing desires, Iemorse, revenge or despair exhibited on his counte nance-but, pleased with himself and the rest of the world, he passes with a buoyant heart and light step among his. fellow men, impart ing to them a portion of the good humor with which his features are lighted up. Such a man jumps over ordinary obstacles with a ha ! ha I He never borrows trouble, and con sequently is never sick. " In eating-always leave your meals with a little appetite-never hurry-take suffi cient time to masticate your food well for more depends on how you eat than what you eat. It is the custom of many to take large draughts of water while eating-this is a habit and by giving way to it you soon find it diffi cult to swallow even a mqpthful of food with out the aid of water, which dilutes the saliva and retards the process of digstion. We have known men who were great sticklers for tem peranee reform, sit down to a hearty meal of ham and eggs, and extolling -the virtues of pure water, drink off tumbler after tumbler, thereby cooling the stomach, weakening the action of the gastric juices and causing a mis erable, uneasy sensation to be experienced for the remainder of the day. Such persons we have generally found to be fretful, aeri monious and tyrannical towards those who happened to differ from them politically or morally; and we have always attributed their peculiarities to the dyspeptic condition of their physical organization. We do- not oppose the use of cold water-we love it above all else as a means for'allaying thirst and keeping the body free from impurity, and we would recommend its exclusive use for ruch purpose. A vitiated appetite may pre fer a stimulating or acidulted alkaline drink, under the imupresion that they are more re freshing ; but for the healthy, natural appetite, nothing is better than plain, pure water. For bathing purposes too, it is a luxu'ry which can not be surpassed." Goon Woar.-The Colorado (Texas) Citi Isa oe~ ofitbl ie *b%51-0 es patched a bale of cotton of five hundred pounds to Galveston, and has eight more gathered. As a specimen of " swift picking," at this early day, Mr. T. pick-ed out on the 23.& instant, two thousand four hundred and fifty-two pounds of cotton with seventeen hands. WHAT with TilE Anor.x-rroxisys Sitr TO Tuzs ?--The Bayou Sara Ledger of the 6th has the following : - The Carney negroessent from East Feliciana, shipped from Port Hudson to Cincinnati a few months since, returned a few days ago on the steamer Jesse K. Bell. They state that they would rather be slaves in Louisiana than free in Ohio. What will the abolition ists say to this? Tim UCeAnTAIxTY OF TrIl VOTE OF NEWv Yonx.--The New York Times admires Gov ernor Wise " for blundering into one sensible remark," in his famous Donnelly letter-that aas in putting New York down as unreliable. [t gives the following advice to other aspi rants: " Republican journals abroad are wont to speak of New York as absolutely certain for the nominee of the Republicans next year, no mnatter who he may be, or who his oppo nent. Now it will be conceded that the State is more likely to vote for the Republican than the Democratic candidate ; but that re stult may be changed by events quite possible to happen. New York did not give a majori ty for Fremont; she fell some forty thousand short of it. Mlost of the men who voted in 186are alive still, and they have not mate rially changed in their sentiments or convic tions. There may, or there may not, be a union of the opposition as against the Demo cracy; and until events are further developed, it will be safe for all the Presidential aspirants to 'count without New York.'" OBITU.A.RY. JOHN W. LEE, Jr., son of J. W. Lee, of Lex ington District, died in Columbia, S. C., August 7. 1509, in his 25d year. This untimely stroke has cut down a young man of promise, with high principles of morality, who was just stepping into active life, surrounded by friends won by kindness and devotion. How ever high may be the endowments of character, indl however endearing may he the charm of a gentle spirit, yet these cannot ward off that fatal irrow aimed-at the breast of every mortal, nor supplant the place of a living faith in the Son of God. Yet, it is pleasant to see, even in this peril. sus and uncertain sojourn, that these delicate sym pathies and high principles may he so cultivated is to enrich life, with virtuous joys, and to draw iround us many kindred spirits. A good charac ter is beyond price. Death may crumble to dust the tabernacle of clay, but cannot mar the faint'est trace of a lov-ely character. The wcith i' is imper shable. How much more beautiful and perfcet hiis virtuous character becomes after it has re ~eived the finishing touch of christian grace. V'ir ~ne. then, is glorified. The subject of this brief member bad T-eside4 n this city for the last few years, where, by his imiability and intelligence, his cheerfulness and ender sensibilities, he bad endeared many devsuted ~riends. Scarcely more than a week beforo his mad death, he was attacked with a malignant dis masti that baffled every attention and all medical kill. He suffered no pain, and a merciful Provi.. lence kept his mind clear and calm almost to the ast moment. Few there be who find peace with sod on a death-bed; but the happy departure of mur friend leads us to believe that he is numbered imong those few. Though he had made no open rofecssion of religion, yet he had been brought p religiously, and knew what was required of aim by the law of-God. During his sickness, ho requested to see a minister, and gave in his peni ential expressions, in his resigned will and ardent 1ope of Heaven, an assurance that his trust was ilone in the atoning blood of the son or tioI. Sven in delirium, his mind wandered in prayer to uis Saviour. A few minutes before ho died,,reason returned; he calmly bid farewell to his broken bearted parents and brother, and to his weeping rriends, and while still the words of the Lord's prayer lingered on his lips, his spirit escaped to &braham's bosom, leaving the last word he utter ad, " glory," as a precious legacy of hope to 'a imitten family. t Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not de plore thee, Whose God was thy ransom, thy guardian and guide : tio gave thee, he took thee and he will restoreth, And death has no sting, for the Saviour has